Combined bung and faucet.



SJROSEIIFELD. COMBINED auNG AND FAucET. APPLICATION FILED AUG. I5I i914.

11191019802. 1 PmndIJuly11,1916.'`

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i rieten IDNEY ROSENFELD, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COMBINED BUNG AND FAUCET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pzttmtiill Ju ly itil, i916..

Application filed August 15, 1914. Serial No. 856,921.

Biiiigs andy Faucets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beingihad to the accompanying drawings. n

This invention relates to so called reversible faucets" for barrels or other receptacle, and hastor its object to provide an attachment eby a reversible faucet can be conveniently secured in place, both during the period'occupied in the shipment ot the barrel to the consignee and during the period occupied in removing the contents from the barrel.

It is the general object of the invention to provide a connection of the character re- .ferred to which, while extremely simple and economical of production, 'is equally etticient in operation; one which will maintain a. tight joint at all times between the base or plug of the faucet and the connecting busliing; and one which, while employing a modified form of such bushing, will enable practically the entire contents 'ot the barrel t0 be removed when the barrel is turned to an upright position; also .a construction which will. secure this result and at the same time enable the parts, during shipment, to be located within and protected by the chime of the barrel.

.In the drawings forming part hereof Figure 1 represents a sectional detail through the head of a barrel showing a faucet applied thereto; Fig. 2 a similar view showing the faucet reversed, for `shipment of the barrel.

Describing by reference lcharacters the various parts illustrated herein, l denotes the external shell and Q one ot the heads of a barrel (or4 similar receptacle) the barrel being preferably of metal and having the head united to the end of the barrel body in and through a flange, the flange in this case being formed by bending the metal of the head, adjacent its periphery, upon itself, as shown at 3, and inserting between the metal parts, the cylindrical end 4f of the body.

i The parts may then be united in any desired manner. The head is shown as 'provided with a cylindrical aperture for the bushing. This bushing is fastened therein in any sintable manner and comprises a cylindrical body 5 having at one end a radially extending fiange (3, which may be beveled, as shown at (3, At its opposite end, the bushing 1s provided with an inwardly projecting rap dial fiange 7, the body of the bushing being provided with an internal thread S and the flange being otl internal diameter than the internal diameter of the threaded part ot the bushingwhereby a retaining wall or flange is provided for a packing ring 9.

In order to secure the removal of practi- `cally all of the contents oi' the barrel when it stands upright, the metal surrounding theaperture for the bushing is pressed outwardly, as shown at 2", to provide an annular coi'riigation having a flat seat for the adjacent tace oi the bushing flange (5. rhe metal will be pressed outwardly a siifiicient distance to bring the ,inner surface of the bushing substantially tliish with the inner surface of the barrel head, and the parts will be so proportioned that, when thus assembled, the outer surface of the bushing will be well within the outer edge of the chime,

10 denotes the body ot' the faucet, said body being .provided with an externally threaded base 1l which is of such diameter as to be threaded into the threaded portion- S of the bushing. On opposite sides of the base ll. angular projections l2 and 13 are provided for the application of a wrench. The projection 1'2 is hollow and provides an inlet extension JEor'the faucet when j'ilaced in position to empty the barrel. lVhcn the `faucet is placed within the barrel (tor shipment) the projection l2 is provided with a plug l2 which is removed when theI faucet is reversed `tor the purpose of 'emptying thc barrel. This projection in effect entendi. the plug l2 by the length ot the projection and to that extent would prevent completely emptying the receptacle but for the particular arrangement .ot parts shown herein.

It is believed that the operation will be l part 8 of the bushing and compressing the washer or packing ring 9 against the flange 7. When it is desired to remove the contents of the barrel, the faucet will be un- Screwed and reversed and its hase will be again threaded into the bushing, the flange 7 and packingring f) serving in both instances to forni a tight joint with the aforesaid base and to prevent any leakage.

As will he evident from the drawing, the eonveyer and faucet base will he protected during the shipment of the hai-rel.

Owing;- to the arrangement of the bushing with reference to. the head of the harrel, it will he evident that the contents of the liarrel when it is upright may he removed without any hindrance by the bushing, since the latter does not project in Yardly beyond the inner surface of the har-rel head.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isz- Y The combination of a-bushing threaded internally and having an. outwardly projecting attaching flange at one end, and an i11- wardly lii'ojecting flange at its other end, beyond the threaded portion, a reversible faucet having an outwardly projecting base the rim of which is threaded its whole width, whereby said threads may be screwed into the bushing' in either direction, and

packing hetween Said base and said in wardly projecting flange.

ln testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix lny signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SIDNEY ROSEN FELD. lVitnesses:

JAMES HoNicN, W M. BAYER. 

